Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1887-07-14

for a few months.
The league business of the base
ball clubs is not always legal.
County Surveyor Newcombe is
building him substantial barn.
Miss Lottie Morgan is now behind
the counter at the postofice-lobby.
Prof. Reece has his Office with
County Superintendent Wolf for the
present.
Bids on the two new school build
ings are again advertised for. See
notice in another column of this pa
per.
A d. Butler now has his mann
moth grocery stock open in Fairview
township, and Dane says he is going
to sell the boys a part of their gro
ceries.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. III. Ritchey, of
Mansfield, Ohio, are in the city visit
ing with the family of A. 5. Allen.
Mr.. Ritchey is looking at the country
with a view to locating.
w. E. Looney has been employed
as principal of the public school at
Pawnee Rock. Mr.. Looney is an ex-
ceIlent Young man and a skillful
teacher,i and we congratulate our
neighbor OIL her good fortune in secur-
ing his services.
At the festival in district No. %,
Buffalo township last Friday even
ing, a goodly number of people were
in attendance. The sum of SAT. 80
was taken, of which 1910 was clear
gain. The threatening storm kept
quite number away who otherwise
would have been in attendance.
AS Mr.. g. F. Difenbacher was
crossing the streetcar track Saturday
evening one of the wheels of his
buggy struck railing in such a man.
ner as to jerk the wheel off. Score
one for the streetcar; but what is the
need of having cars if you allow ev-
eryone to ride in buggies?
Tom Williamson, who resided eight
miles south of the river, died very
suddenly at noon of Thursday and was
buried Friday. He bad not been
feeling unusually bad, and had been
at work in the forenoon, and was
only i'll a couple of hours before he
died. He was large man Of about
twenty five, and we'll known in this
city.
We learn of little pass at arms
Saturday evening between printer
and another young man of this city,
in which, strange to relate, the print.
came out second best. This is wrong,
very wrong. Wrong for our young
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gether in unity, and very wrong for a
printer to let anyone get the best of
him.
Some month or so ago there was q
cry of "mad-dog" and the marshal
went forth and slew right and left,
and all dogs that were not slain were
muzzled. Just about now is the
hottest time of the year and if dog
is going mad this season he is liable
to take notion at any time to do SO.
We have noticed quite number of
dogs without muzzles.
Mr.. w. E. Epperson goes, in a
few days. to Cove county, where he
has taken IA claim. We hope Mr..
Epperson will return to this place
again, for he will be missed in the
painting business. He has just fin
ished the painting of the Central
Kansas college, and haz also handled
several other large jobs to the entire
satisfaction of all parties concerned,
and to the identifying of the build,
ing.
A case of the boldest kind of rob-
berry occurred few days ago at
Pleasantdale P. O., Rush county. A
man, giving the name of Henry
Cloor, came to the neighborhood some
week or SO ago and represented him.
self as wishing to purchase large
tracts Of land. He was smooth